Employment

District Attorneys and Solicitors-General recruit and select professional personnel for their respective judicial circuits and counties. Vacancy announcements are posted as a service to these elected chief prosecutors. Please follow the reply instructions included in each announcement.
Other employment announcements from the prosecution community are also posted on a regular basis.
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News Flash

FYI: Parker v. State

In Parker v. State, S14G1005 (Feb. 16, 2015), the Supreme Court of Georgia rules that hearsay is admissible in determining whether an out-of-state person is a material witness to a Georgia criminal proceeding under the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without the State.
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DA Miller Receives Governor's Public Safety Award

Forsyth, GA – Governor Nathan Deal recognized Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney J. David Miller of Valdosta, presenting him with a prestigious award for “Outstanding Contribution which Enhances the Profession” at the Governor’s Public Safety Award (GPSA) Ceremony on December 17, 2014 at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth, GA.
During his keynote address, Deal... [read on]

FYI: Heien v. North Carolina

In Heien v. North Carolina, No. 13-604 (Dec. 15, 2014), the Supreme Court of the United States ruled an officer's determination to stop a vehicle based on a reasonable misinterpretation of the law does not violate the Fourth Amendment.
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Office Managers' Meetings

The Office Managers' Meeting is specifically designed for Office Managers in District Attorney's Offices. The purpose of the meeting is to increase communication and standardization of operations between the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia and the District Attorney's Office. Office Managers will be given information and materials that will allow them to better assist employees more qui... [read on]

FYI: ABA Formal Advisory Opinion 467

On September 8, 2014, the American Bar Association (ABA) issued Formal Advisory Opinion 467 stating that prosecuting attorneys with managerial authority or supervisory responsibility must adopt “reasonable policies and procedures” that will ensure that all lawyers and nonlawyers in their offices conform to the rules of professional conduct.
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Georgia Law Enforcement and the Open Records Act

A Law Enforcement Officer's Guide to Open Records in Georgia,Third Edition (2014), is now available. This booklet, also known as The Blue Book, was a collaborative effort between the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Department of Law, Georgia First Amendment Foundation, Georgia Press Association, Georgia Public Safety Training Center, Georgia... [read on]

FYI: McLaughlin v. Payne

In McLaughlin v. Payne, S14A0220, 2014 Ga. LEXIS 576 (July 11, 2014), the Supreme Court of Georgia finds that a District Attorney's personal interest in the outcome of a case caused the disqualification of his entire office.
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FYI: Riley v. California

In Riley v. California, No. 13-132 (June 25, 2014), the Supreme Court of the United States rules law enforcement may not, without a warrant, search digital information on a cell phone seized from an individual who has been arrested.
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FYI: Flading v. State

In Flading v. State, A14A0557 (May 22, 2014), the Georgia Court of Appeals upholds admission of a defendant’s agreement to plead guilty in exchange for an officer’s withdrawal of his sworn report in an Administrative License Suspension Proceeding in the defendant’s criminal DUI trial.
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Legislation Enacted During the 2014 Georgia General Assembly

The below is a summary of the Bills and Resolutions impacting prosecutors or the criminal justice system that passed during the 2014 Session of the Georgia General Assembly and, in the case of Bills, were approved by the Governor.
Summary of Legislation that passed the 2014 General Assembly (PDF)
We have provided a brief analysis by the contributing authors for each of the 106 Bills and Reso... [read on]

National Computer Forensics Institute to offer 2014 Computer Forensics in Court for Prosecutors

The National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI) is a partnership between the United States Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security, and the Alabama District Attorney’s Association to train state and local law enforcement, judges and prosecutors in computer forensics and digital evidence. If selected, you will be attending this course with twenty-three other prosecutors from all over t... [read on]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Model Notice

The Department Of Labor issued Technical Release No. 2013-02, which discussed, in part, the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that applicable employers provide a notice to employees informing them of the Health Insurance Marketplace. This notice must be provided by October 1, 2013 to current employees, and to new employees hired after October 1, 2013, within 14 days of their start date. Each e... [read on]

TEAMWORKS Travel & Expense (Concur)

The Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council (PAC) has elected to participate in the State’s online TEAMWORKS Travel & Expense (TTE) system (CONCUR) with the State Accounting Office (SAO). Through this system the entire travel and expense process is automated, with the goal of providing faster service to you and increasing efficiency for PAC staff. Effective July 1, 2013, state employe... [read on]

Business Record Certification

The Prosecuting Attorneys' Council has produced a Business Record Certification form which complies with OCGA Sect. 24-8-803(6) and OCGA Sect. 25-9-902(11). The Certification is patterned after the Federal Business Record Certification. Also we have produced a form cover letter, patterned after the Federal Cover letter, which may be used to accompany the subpoena for the produc... [read on]

GBI: Notice of Proposed Amendments to Chapter 92-3

The GBI’s Division of Forensic Sciences has recently sent out notification requesting that the Board of Public Safety amend the GBI rules that specify which breath testing equipment is approved for use in Georgia as required by O.C.G.A. §§ 40-5-67.1 and 40-6-392. This notification starts the formal process under the state’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA), O.C.G.A. § 40-13-... [read on]

Employment

District Attorneys and Solicitors-General recruit and select professional personnel for their respective judicial circuits and counties. Vacancy announcements are posted as a service to these elected chief prosecutors. Please follow the reply instructions included in each announcement.
Other employment announcements from the prosecution community are also posted on a regular basis.
The Prose... [read on]

Capital Litigation Resources

Capital cases, which are litigated with unusual tenacity, regularly raise legal issues that can be exceptionally difficult to resolve. So that convictions and sentences might withstand federal and state constitutional challenges at the appellate level, the Capital Litigation Division in the Atlanta office assists trial prosecutors by providing in-court assistance, technical advice, as well as le... [read on]

Conference Materials

Please Note: If the title of a session appears in black,
it means that PAC has not yet received the handout from
the speaker. Please check back periodically as we will be
uploading handouts as we receive them up until, and in
some cases after, the conference. For your convenience,
the date that the handout was uploaded has been noted
to the left of the presentation title.
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